Sunday, November 16, 2008

week 10

Megan Labianca

Blog 10

1)What is the main point of the article?

The main point of this article was how Employee Rights were not practiced at there jobs

and how companies take advantage of that and act as if it is a dictatorship.

2) What types of supporting details did the author use to make his points.

The author supported the main idea through use of (blurbs) true stories that related to the main idea and analogs to compare the main idea to a cold war thriller.

3) Have you experienced or observed surveillance or unfair treatment in the workplace?

Personally I have been faced with unfair treatment in the workplace, I works as a buss girl at a restaurant near me, and I work 4 30 to 10 30 every Friday night but I don’t get any breaks, often that’s because its always so busy, but I still em never offered by my boss to take a 10 min break. I feel it’s completely unfair because the waiters and waitresses get breaks to go have a smoke but I can’t take a 10 min break.

7 comments:

Professor Love said...

I understand your sense of unfairness of the situation. Have yu ever asked for a quick break? Have you ever seen anything that is an invasion of the privacy of your fellow workers?

Karla said...

wow i feel bad for you. i know how it feels to work hard and never get a break. that sucks.

dcurcio said...

that is unfair, and i am pretty sure illegal. i believe if you work at least six hours you can get a half hour break?

Ahmed said...

i used to work in a restaurant and i had similar hours and was also never offered a break. I bet if you tell them that you need a smoke break they will probably give it to you.

sharnjit said...

your job seems to be very unfair no breaks.

Irwin said...

wow, working 6 hours straight without given a break, sounds too unfair to me.

Simran said...

I agree. I think that is unfair how your not allowed to have a 10 minute break, but all the other employees are.